Garment hanger



April 14, 1942.- ALDEAN 2,279,??

GARMENT HANGER Original Filed April 17 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet'i April 14, 1942. A. L; DEAN GARMENT HANGER Original Filed April 17, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 //vl/E/v7'a.e.- ANNA z DEA/V Patented Apr. 14, 1942 ,o l HANGER I I. j L pcamQleveland, Ohio c U Substituted roiabandoned application Serial No., a

; l v530,859,A1il'll 17,1931; This V v her 6, 1939, SerialNo; 298,312

a lication 2 Claims. wl. 22:-'-'sa) My invention pertains to a garment hanger and more particularly 1- to a hanger composed: of a single piece of wire or peculiar configurationnear twolateral endsthereof to provide a plurality oi bights for the reception or loopsor straps ,of both men's and womens apparel. I

v tection, for theiollo'wing reasons; Garment hang- 'ers' shouldapproach a universal adaptability and a minimum manufacturing cost.;;The'commontype of hanger which has been composed of a single piece of wireh'as not vbeen provided with25 means to prevent garments slipping on or becoming displaced while suspendedand the cleaning industry, for example, has been-compelled to resort to the use'of auxiliary fastening. means such as pins to prevent dislodgement. during transport, thereby entailing labor, time and attendant expense. Such hangers as have been; provided with bights, as evidenced 'bythe two l cited prior patents, have been tooexpensiveror too-cumbersome foruniversal use, which their absence from the market seems toverify. s

I have 'establishedademonstrable saving to the cleaning industryby the combination of economy andusability of my hangerwith consideration to saving time and labor in use of auxiliary fasten- 40 ing means or need for wrapping, bag or other parcel designed to prevent disarrangement or separation of a garment with respect to the hanger from which it is suspended. In addition to sup-- V porting a jacket which encloses the outer con- .4 fines oi the hanger, the more simple and more economical design which I have developed will additionally support a plurality of other garments without possibility of their slipping oil. For instance, sleeveless feminine garments, ineluding lingerie provided with shoulder straps may have their upper ends interlocked in the a mainly horizontal bights to be reliably maintained therein without creasing or without the need of pins or clamps. likewise, men's vests .venting dislodgement.

might be prevented from slip ing off by occupy- 7 ing one of thepair ot-bights, thestraps or rings at thetops of the sides of trousers occupying both bights and thecoat enveloping both other pieces. This offers the advantage of supporting the weight of cleaned and [pressed tro'usersirom their waist; bands. as they I are naturally hung l h i r worn'and th -possibility oi ioldingthem during suspension over their'own waist bands t'oairoid I the sharp crosswise'crease which deplorablyhitherto occurred-when-the trousers were-insecurely j. hung solely from a th v lower-sections l'idverting tothe drawings: y Figure 1 is aside elevation ot agarment hanger'embodying my invention. v

Figure 2 is a corresponding view on somewhat smaller scale showing a feminine garment sus. pended in one manner therefrom. Figure 3 is a corresponding view showinga difierent feminine garmentdifierently suspended.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing a skirt suspended in another diiferent'manner.

Figure 5 is a broken detail of a modification of one end of the hanger shown in Figure 1..

Figured is an elevation of a modified design of hanger embodying my invention. Figures 7 and 8 show twopdiiierent pieces of;

masculine. apparel diilerently suspen'ded i Fi ure 9 shows a hanger supporting a mans trousers, vest and coat in utilization of the 'advantage. which my invention presents for pre- The hanger embodying my two lateral ends symmetrically bent upwardly'at 2, then doubled, downwardly at I for a shorter distance. I1 desired, this downward doubling back at 3 may be omitted as shown at 4 in the simplified modification illustrated in Figure 5.

Directing attention again to Figure 1, it is to be observed that the wire has its two ends then continued towardeach other at I, in a direction 'substantially parallel with the lower. section i, to form auxiliary supporting sections, as will be later explained.- The near ends 01' the section I are then bent upwardly at I and then doubled back in a direction away'irom eachotherat-hlikewise substantially parallel with the section I. The sections 1 are somewhat shorter than the sections I withrespect to which 'theyare superposed, then bent upwardly at I to form, in con- V invention is for reasons of manufacturing economy composed'ota j single piece-of wire and designed to lie wholly in a given-planefor convenience in packing or other transport; Asillustratedin Figure 1 it a comprises a straight lower-section], having its in: an obliquely downward entry. Continuance mm the upturns I is obliquely upwardand toward each otherto form sections .1, whereupon theswire is attain shaped to form two symmetri .cally located bights ll,v which are necessarily closer to each other than the nrst mentioned pair e waistband oi trousers,

" alippina oflthe hanzer without man oi bishts. The bishts are, 101 course, a duplicated L; principle ;snd vare optional, depending uponj the warrant for the slightly greater expense for pro,-

ducing them. The biiaht entryrdeiining margins I and I will be observed tobroyidean oblique up U per insertion pessaze.

Continuin: obliquely. upward are two .Q

i I; which meet and areto be interlocked 'infanyi feasible manner. 'As showninl'izure 1,

, lockin'g is eflected by means of-aneyelt formed v near one end 01! the wire,'.and a hook ll, formed play of'an' appropriatenotice'ormnrkinl.

Figure 2 illustrstes the advsntnzeous function V at fthe-bights -lt for the -=secure reception otshoulder straps l8 o'fa feminine slip me 3 illustrates a Jcck'et ll envelopinrand ausa combination "of the three pieceaof a-mans suit carried byy t'.h'e,hanger oimy desiln, the trousers 1,24 flrstinterlocked indium-Imported;

vest 21 and overall thebuttdnedcoatfl. r

pended 1mm the han'ser ihits'entirety. 4 illustrates one oi the primary 'ieittui'esblurry hanger in supportinm' for instance; a-

hayin an expdnsible-and contractible waistband 2l,"havin:1oppoaite1y portions inserted 1 between sections 1 and 0, supported upon the sections 'I -snd=precluded" from dislodgeinent by the upturn sections 3, which has heretofore proved very annoying in the 'cleenlng industry and 1m hangers heretofore on the market, and economi'f-j cal enough or manufacture for grntuitousdis tribution by-the clennirigindustryr The modification shown-in l'figure s compnses' l a shghtv'ariation "in the iorm of the extreme small narroyt lateral endsiss shownstill, a' more rapid upward "obliquity ot-the two converging sections 22; from which thei'equiv'alent of theses 0nd psirzoi bi'ghts have been eliminated; "The sections a m twist-interlocked at Ilfandohly one thereof continues upwardly to form a. convene tionsi shape of suspension hook. Figure Villastrstes the use of my hanger'forfthe'reslizntion of one of its primary sdvaritagesflwhereby tho ugh formed of'e: ra'therthinpiece oi wire; s l

pair 5 of trousers 2| may be' sdi suspended Kthere:

(min -by their-strspsii and even inifolded-nr hung xover a thin piece-of 'wire;

' band of fa pairof trousers supported by aaidhooksf p projecting'sbove theibaseot thei hanzerz-{as -and rangem'en't,wlthout causingthe highiyobiectionable cross crease in mm; pressed trousers, and whichhas-elwsysoccurred when th'eywere told:

tlon. By so supportinta pair of trousers they A mayberoldedovertheloweraectionotthehanaer to w e durlns but inateadoiscausilia a the projection oi the waistband" lower.- section'oi the provide a loft resting "surface iorithe'trouser told. and instead (of a sharp-crease; anadequately wide told to frustrate the occurrence oiauch-an' objectionable o demonstrate" thatiii the yest rupo'ndsto a tendency-'to 'siipofl" the banner, 811 part at the extremity of the other end or the wire.; ot-itfl ar ho r t din's edae II will be caulht The eye I! iscontinuedupwardly to form a suspension hook llfwhich terminates a iiattened' 'f extremity ltwhich is adanted ior'the better in "one of the-lateral biehts to prevent the vest from-falling from the hanzer. l iaure I shows .then'covered'by the overhung I claim: 2

l. A garment 5' to forms: triansIehavim -a base and two equal short sides,-;suspendinz means at the upper corner of-the triangle'opposite the base, the lwire being r-l bent at each-rot the other rcorners toprovide Tin-' turned portions -lyin'gparallel' to thef baae hooks at -the cornersrotthe hammer, thedistanee s from the base ot-the hanzert'oathe top of ahook r being less thsntheiwidth oi a trousers belt loop,

. "-Pi'ure8"illustratesa"-veat 2 supported from 'hanger oIJ-mydesiUrand isintended-pietoriaiiy l andth'e waistbsndoi a pairiot trouseraaupported 2.5'A germenthan'sericomprisinfi a wire;

'by said hooks romungqqbove the "ofthe' i f hanze'rgns and ior theipurpoae set forth.

bent Irom-the'bese ofthe-hanger toithetop oi a hook being" less than-the width oia trousers beltioop 1 so that such a loop can be slippcd on hanger "bymovementien gthwiseot the hauler, the' 6uter ends of the; hooks being bent upward tmbrin: .ltheir -upper surfacesi'into line'with the respective adjacent short sides'oi the banker; and the waistfor "the purpose set :forth.

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